Philip Kemp

Psychological tensions build during a night to test faith

Otto Preminger's 1944 classic

A detached father re-connects with his children

A story about a chocolate factory owner but this is no Willy Wonka...

Shark attack! Sorry, wrong film.

Protagonist Anders Danielsen Lie is the main reason to stick with this meandering journey across Oslo

An accomplished examination of grief and guilt from newcomer Baran bo Odar

This full-throttle Korean thriller is a little too much in every sense...

Sullenly detached teenage son has done something monstrous

A fantasy about romance, nostalgia and the eternal allure of la ville lumière.

The extroverted secret life of a Japanese housewife...

Ken Loach's northern boyhood classic is still as fresh over 40 years later

The girl-boy next door.

Feeling old? Get a mistress!

Jean Renoir’s colourful take on Moulin Rouge

Prepare to be seduced...

Seymour Hoffman's Broadway adaptation is an ambitious first directorial project

Deneuve's trophy wife makes an impression taking over the running of her partner's factory

Ivan Passer's paranoid 'Nam veteran tale is still a chilling masterpiece 30 years on...

Teenage angst and heartache are the focus of Katell Quillévéré's tempered debut

A scorned hotel worker takes his revenge on his own son in this striking drama

Giamatti on a coach trip…

A teenage boy grows up fast once he starts work at a local swimming pool

Peter Bogdanovich's desolate Texan drama is still as stunning now as it was in 1971

A woman’s gotta do…